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I'm thrilled with the new location! However, I will miss dealing with the West Sac service center. I've always had a good experience with the Rivian team there. I think this is mostly about service center bandwidth. Wait times for appointments are too long and need to be reduced. For those...

I'm fine with the results and the forecast. On the earnings call, Rivian forecast a slight year over year decline in shipments with an expected increase in average selling price. Given all of the risks in the year ahead, it seems like a reasonable projection. The stock was down the next day...

I had a similar problem a few months ago. In my case, I couldn't get a charge on RAN stations, but there wasn't any clear error message. My R1T connected but stopped the session before delivering any power. Getting it running again was a two step process. First delete your payment method and...

Your vehicle makes a statement about you, just as the clothes you wear. Whether you care or not is up to you. When I bought my R1T, people whose opinion I respect thought I was a little crazy to take a risk on a new company. Now Rivian is an established brand, still some risk, but not so edgy...

I'd agree with the comments above. My favorite interaction was when I came out of a store finding a woman taking pictures of my R1T. I asked if she had any questions. She replied that she wanted to talk her husband out of buying that ugly Cybertruck! ?

Our vehicles are heavily instrumented and continuously connected. Rivian knows the voltage of your 12V battery after being charged and what it is under load. They know how many times your vehicle wakes up to charge the 12V battery from the traction battery. You don't really even need AI to...

Agreed. I'm on the original 12V battery on my Gen1. I don't want it to fail on a random day. I want it's performance to be monitored and to have it swapped by a mobile service tech Before it fails.

Many good points made here, but IMHO, the current Rivians aren't really the best choice if you are trying to minimize driving cost. You can pick up a used EV sedan for much lower cost of ownership if that is your priority. The Rivians ARE a good choice for me because I care more about...

No problems at all. I don't use Apple music.

I had a similar situation very recently. In my case it was caused by a nearly new hydraulic jack that would only go 2/3 extension. After a search, I found there were several possible causes of this problem. I use one wheel from my winter set as a spare. After I delivered the flat to the shop...

There haven't been many questions about Wassym's new role in the JV. These might be interesting. There are VW engineers transferring into the JV. Do they bring any special expertise that will enhance future Rivian vehicles, or will they be primarily focused on porting the software onto the VW...

How much of the improved efficiency in Gen2 is due to software enhancements? If there were software improvements effecting range, have/will any of the changes make it to Gen1?

I doubt it. I'm the short term owner of an id.4. I like the car, but the software is poor. Perhaps other vendors do a better job, but IMHO, VW's id.4 integration with carplay is not user friendly. Rivian's user interface is much better. If you look at the id.4 forum, there are lots of complaints...

i VW has tied themselves to Rivian in a very strategic way. Obviously, none of us know how this will play out . I personally hope that Rivian stays independent. 1) The Rivian short trade is dead. It isn't in VW's interest to let it go bankrupt. They will protect the joint venture from getting...

I'm not sure if you recall a press conference earlier this year when RJ said that they were seeing better near term component pricing on R1 parts because they were in negotiations on future R2 orders. If there is a potential for large design wins in the future, a savvy supplier will offer better...

When negotiating a multi-year contract with a vendor, what counts is forecasted volume. A product ramp always starts with no volume. The Joint Venture will be making choices about whose components to design into the product. The components to be chosen will be eventually be used by Rivian plus...

Since we're talking about minimizing charging costs, let me remind everyone about destination chargers at your hotel. I shoot for 500-600 miles per day on a long trip. If I plan it right, my charging cost can be reduced significantly by starting the day with a full (free) charge. Tesla...

I recommend avoiding Blue Dot. I signed up because of the perks. Because I couldn't get a clear statement of charges from Blue Dot, I couldn't tell if I received the advertised perks or not. This was the first warning flag. More importantly, it bricked auto-charge on RAN chargers for me. I...

All I would need is a river and a bucket. But actually, another post gave me a new perspective on the situation. They stated that Rivian wanted it for inspection and possibly advertising. They would strongly encourage the owner to leave the mud in place and pay for the tow. The new mud could...

IMHO the Rivian-on-the-trailer photo is a clever use of AI retouching. Not real. On the other hand, it wouldn't surprise me if the truck ended up in the service center. I'd just like to believe it went in under it's own power! There is more mud on the crossbars than in the original Facebook...